Divine Mercy University Graduate Schools

Divine Mercy University (referred to as DMU) is a Private, 4 years school located in Sterling, VA. It is classified as a Other health professions school school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree- professional practice. The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Divine Mercy University is $25,705 in average. The school has 397 students (all graduate).

Graduate School Overview

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (7/1/2005 - Current[Estimated Date]).

DMU Directory Information
School Name	Divine Mercy University (DMU)
Address	45154 Underwood Lane, Sterling, VA 20166
Phone	703-416-1441
Web	https://www.divinemercy.edu
Online Application	https://enroll.divinemercy.edu
Financial Info	https://divinemercy.edu/financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Divine Mercy University is $25,705 in average. The school has 397 students (all graduate). Among them, 2 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$25,705
Student Population	397
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	4 graduate programs (2 programs available online learning)

The graduate tuition & fees at Divine Mercy University is $25,705 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $955.

Divine Mercy University offers the alternative tuition plans.

Divine Mercy University offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	2 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	No Special Learning Available or Reported
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Divine Mercy University is $25,705. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 16.43% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$15,436	$1,263
2019-2020	$15,890	$1,263
2020-2021	$15,890	$1,263
2021-2022	$20,828	$1,250
2022-2023	$24,405	$1,300

The graduate school tuition & fees of DMU is expensive compared to private graduate schools in Virginia. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the Virginia graduate tuition is $28,181 (public) / $16,555 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Divine Mercy University	$25,705
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
Virginia Graduate Schools	$14,587	$18,743
Public	$15,005	$28,181
Private	$16,555

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $955 at Divine Mercy University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 16.46% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$784
2019-2020	$807
2020-2021	$807
2021-2022	$820
2022-2023	$955

Graduate Programs at DMU

Divine Mercy University offers 4 graduate programs for Master's and Doctorate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 92 students have completed their study at Divine Mercy University.

Offered Degrees at Divine Mercy University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	3	2	87
Doctor's degree - other	1	0	5
Total	4	2	92

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Divine Mercy University by award level.

The most popular Master's program is the Mental Health Counseling/Counselor program with 41 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Clinical Psychology program with 5 completers.

Master's
Doctorate

Popular Master's Programs at Divine Mercy University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✔	41	-
Psychology	✔	37	-
Psychology	✔	36	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✔	24	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	13	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Divine Mercy University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Clinical Psychology	✕	5	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	4	-

Divine Mercy University offers 4 programs through Master's and Doctorate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 92 students have completed their graduate studies.

87 students have earned/completed Master's program.
5 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.

Master's
Doctorate (Practice)

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Psychology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	46 completers	-
Psychology	✔	36	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	10	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	41 completers	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✔	41	-
	Total	87

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Psychology [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	5	-
	Total	5

Graduate Student Population at DMU

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 397 students enrolled into Divine Mercy University graduate schools . By attending status, there are 253 full-time and 144 part-time graduate students. By gender, 140 male and 257 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	397	140	257
Full-time	253	92	161
Part-tme	144	48	96

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 223 White (56.17%), 15 Black/African American (3.78%), 69 Hispanic (17.38%), 29 Asian (7.30%), and 61 students with other races. 19 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	397	140	257
American Indian/Native American	2	0	2
Asian	29	10	19
Black/African American	15	6	9
Hispanic	69	16	53
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	1	3
White	223	80	143
Two More	0	0	0
Un-Known	36	14	22
Non-resident Alien	19	13	6

Divine Mercy University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 333 graduate students (83.88% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively . The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	397
Enrolled Online Exclusively	333
Enrolled Some Online Courses	0
Not in Online Courses	64

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Divine Mercy University. 34 students are aged 20 to 24 (8.56% of total students), 61 students are aged above 50 (15.37%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Divine Mercy University.